diff --git a/packages/utils/src/date-utils/getExpectedStart.test.ts b/packages/utils/src/date-utils/getExpectedStart.test.ts
index b97e78ac0..887773fd6 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/date-utils/getExpectedStart.test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/date-utils/getExpectedStart.test.ts
@@ -381,4 +381,44 @@ describe('getExpectedEnd()', () => {
 
     expect(getExpectedEnd(testEvent, { ...baseState, offset: 0 })).toBe(timeStart + duration);
   });
+
+  test('a countToEnd event is NOT shifted by the relative-start offset', () => {
+    const testEvent = {
+      timeStart: 100,
+      duration: 50,
+      delay: 0,
+      dayOffset: 0 as Day,
+      countToEnd: true,
+    };
+
+    // in relative mode a regular event would be shifted by actualStart - plannedStart (+30),
+    // but a countToEnd event is anchored to its wall-clock end and stays at 150
+    const relativeState = {
+      ...baseState,
+      mode: OffsetMode.Relative,
+      actualStart: 30,
+      plannedStart: 0,
+      offset: 0,
+    };
+
+    // sanity: a regular event in the same state is shifted to 180
+    expect(getExpectedEnd({ ...testEvent, countToEnd: false }, relativeState)).toBe(180);
+    // the countToEnd event is not shifted
+    expect(getExpectedEnd(testEvent, relativeState)).toBe(150);
+  });
+
+  test('a countToEnd event on a later day adds the day offset', () => {
+    const testEvent = {
+      timeStart: 100,
+      duration: 50,
+      delay: 0,
+      dayOffset: 1 as Day,
+      countToEnd: true,
+    };
+
+    // dayOffset 1 with currentDay 0 -> end normalised one day forward
+    expect(getExpectedEnd(testEvent, { ...baseState, currentDay: 0, offset: 0 })).toBe(150 + dayInMs);
+    // when the running event is already on the same day, no extra day is added
+    expect(getExpectedEnd({ ...testEvent, dayOffset: 0 as Day }, { ...baseState, currentDay: 0, offset: 0 })).toBe(150);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/date-utils/getExpectedStart.ts b/packages/utils/src/date-utils/getExpectedStart.ts
index 1bf46a598..30f8ddd0a 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/date-utils/getExpectedStart.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/date-utils/getExpectedStart.ts
@@ -63,17 +63,21 @@ export function getExpectedStart(
 
 /**
  * Computes the normalised expected end of an event.
- * A countToEnd event ends at its fixed end time regardless of how much overtime
- * precedes it, so its expected end is pinned to the planned end - it absorbs the
- * accumulated offset (mirrors getExpectedFinish in the running timer). The end can
- * only drift later if the event is projected to start after its own end time.
+ * A countToEnd event is anchored to its fixed wall-clock end: it absorbs the accumulated
+ * runtime offset and is not shifted by the relative-start offset, so its expected end is the
+ * scheduled end normalised for the day (mirrors getExpectedFinish in the running timer, which
+ * returns the raw timeEnd). A regular event's end moves with the runtime offset.
  * The result lives in the same day-normalised space as getExpectedStart (it may exceed dayInMs).
  */
 export function getExpectedEnd(
   event: Pick<OntimeEvent, 'timeStart' | 'duration' | 'delay' | 'dayOffset' | 'countToEnd'>,
   state: Parameters<typeof getExpectedStart>[1],
 ): number {
-  const expectedStart = getExpectedStart(event, state);
-  const plannedEnd = event.timeStart + event.duration + event.delay;
-  return event.countToEnd ? Math.max(expectedStart, plannedEnd) : expectedStart + event.duration;
+  if (!event.countToEnd) {
+    return getExpectedStart(event, state) + event.duration;
+  }
+
+  const delayedStart = Math.max(0, event.timeStart + event.delay);
+  const relativeDayOffset = event.dayOffset - state.currentDay;
+  return delayedStart + relativeDayOffset * dayInMs + event.duration;
 }